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Empirical Materials for \"The Persistence of the Harvest in Medieval England\"

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Cliff T. Bekar, Lewis & Clark College

Version:  View help for Version V1

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fig-1---density-plot.do text/x-stata-syntax 2.9 KB 06/29/2019 10:23:AM
fig-2---quadratic-fitted-plot.do text/x-stata-syntax 4.6 KB 06/28/2019 08:45:AM
fig-3---weather-plot.do text/x-stata-syntax 4.9 KB 06/28/2019 08:46:AM
table-1---2---3-panel-A---period-1.do text/x-stata-syntax 3.9 KB 06/28/2019 08:47:AM
table-1---2---3-panel-A---period-2.do text/x-stata-syntax 3.9 KB 06/28/2019 06:55:AM
table-1---2---3-panel-A---period-3.do text/x-stata-syntax 3.9 KB 06/28/2019 06:55:AM
table-1---2---3-panel-A---period-4.do text/x-stata-syntax 3.9 KB 06/28/2019 06:56:AM
table-1---2---3-panel-A---period-5.do text/x-stata-syntax 3.9 KB 06/28/2019 06:56:AM
table-1---2---3-panel-A---period-6.do text/x-stata-syntax 3.9 KB 06/28/2019 06:56:AM
table-1---2---3-panel-B---period-1.do text/x-stata-syntax 3.9 KB 06/28/2019 06:56:AM

Project Citation: 

Bekar, Cliff T. Empirical Materials for \"The Persistence of the Harvest in Medieval England\". Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-06-29. https://doi.org/10.3886/E110461V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This is a replication package for "the Persistence of the Harvest in Medieval England."

Notes for replicating results from “The Persistence of the Harvest in Medieval England.”


The two data files contain yields per acre and per seed, the rest of the control variables are the same for both files. Format is STATA data file.

File 1: yieldsperacre.dta
File 2: yieldperseed.dta

File 1 is used to produce Panel A for most tables (i.e., those tables having two panels), file 2 produces Panel B for most tables. 

List of variables in data files:
  • yldw: wheat yields (per seed or acre) with date stub
  • yldo: oat yields (per seed or acre) with date stub
  • yldb: barley yields (per seed or acre) with date stub
  • sow: typical sow rates for wheat by period
  • sowo: typical sow rates for oats by period
  • sow: typical sow rates for barley by period
  • ani: typical # of draft animals by manor by period
  • acres: mean acres sown by period by manor
  • sheep: typical # of sheep by manor by period
  • precip: measured precipitation by year
  • preciptr: 30 year moving average of precipitation
  • temp: measured temperature by year
  • tempr: 30 year moving average of temperature
  • dpop: change in manor’s population density over period
  • pop: population level in period
  • dis: distance of manor to London
  • croptype: code for crop mix, from Campbell
  • hustype: code for husbandry, from Campbell
  • farmtype: code for farming strategy, from Campbell
  • soiltype: code for soil make up, geology of manor, from Campbell
The provided STATA *.do files are listed by the relevant table or figure in the text that they produce. Each do-file uses either data file 1 or data file 2 depending on which panel of the relevant table is produced. To use the do file replace wd with your relevant data and working directory. All of the do files contain redundant code, they can be used for “stand alone” analysis in addition to producing the relevant table/figure. 
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources None

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms economic history
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Great Britain
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1211 – 1349 (Period covers Titow's yield series for the Winchester Estates.); 1211 – 1349 (Period covers Titow's yield series for the Winchester Estates.)
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 1/1/2013 – 1/1/2017 (Transcribed and coded most data in 2013, more data collected intermittently. )


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